• Stitches is illustrator David Small’s memoir of surviving these, told in snapshots of formative incidents before and after getting diagnosed. In particular, his mother’s lack of love had a profound effect on him, and he hinted at her personal pain, a pain he didn’t yet know the depth of, co-existing with his own.
• 'Stitches' by David Small is a graphic novel depicting a remembrance of a young boy who grew up in a dysfunctional world. This memoir shows how he observed his world and dealt with illness he didn't understand. It also shows how he broke free from the bondages of that world. David grew up in Detroit.

• Contributors: David Small
• Summary: The author recounts in graphic novel format his troubled childhood with a radiologist father who subjected him to repeated x-rays and a withholding and tormented mother, an environment he fled at the age of sixteen in the hopes of becoming an artist.
• Awards/Recognition:
  • ALA Alex Award, 2010
  • ALA Notable Books - Nonfiction, 2010
  • Booklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2009
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction & Graphic Novel, 2009
  • National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2009
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee, 2011
  • School Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students, 2009
  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
  • No additional awards known of as of 10/1/2020. Please contact this project's researchers if you are aware of an award not listed.
  
  
• Number of Pages: 329
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• Publication Year: 2010
• Publisher: W.W. Norton
• ISBN: 9780393338966

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'Stitches is compelling, disturbing, yet surprisingly easy to read and more than meets the high standard set by the widely praised Fun Home.' - Library Journal 'Starred Review. Emotionally raw, artistically compelling and psychologically devastating graphic memoir of childhood trauma. Graphic narrative at its most cathartic.' - Kirkus Reviews.